Express bus versus rail transit: How a marriage of mode and mission affects transit performance

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2110, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a   Thompson, Gregory L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT;

BUS TRANSITS; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS; HIGH QUALITY; LONG-TRAVEL; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERFORMANCE; RAIL TRANSIT; SERVICE MISSIONS; TRANSIT SERVICES; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

BUSES;

EID: 76149138056     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2110-06     Document Type: Article

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